Thin films of boron nitride (BN), particularly the sp2-hybridized polytypes hexagonal BN (h-BN) and rhombohedral BN (r-BN), are interesting for several electronic applications, given the bandgaps in the UV. They are typically deposited close to thermal equilibrium by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) at temperatures and pressures in the regions 1400–1800 K and 1000–10 000 Pa, respectively. In this letter, the authors use the van der Waals corrected density functional theory and thermodynamic stability calculations to determine the stability of r-BN and compare it to that of h-BN as well as to cubic BN and wurtzitic BN. The authors find that r-BN is the stable sp2-hybridized phase at CVD conditions, while h-BN is metastable. Thus, their calculations suggest that thin films of h-BN must be deposited far from thermal equilibrium.
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June 25 2019
Thermodynamic stability of hexagonal and rhombohedral boron nitride under chemical vapor deposition conditions from van der Waals corrected first principles calculations
Henrik Pedersen
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Henrik Pedersen
a)
Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University
, SE-58183 Linköping, Sweden
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Björn Alling;
Björn Alling
Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University
, SE-58183 Linköping, Sweden
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Hans Högberg;
Hans Högberg
Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University
, SE-58183 Linköping, Sweden
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Annop Ektarawong
Annop Ektarawong
Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University
, SE-58183 Linköping, Sweden
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Electronic mail: henrik.pedersen@liu.se
b)
Present address: Extreme Condition Physics Research Laboratory, Physics of Energy Materials Research Unit, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
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Present address: Thailand Center of Excellence in Physics, Commission on Higher Education, 328 Si Ayutthaya Road, Bangkok 10400, Thailand.
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 37, 040603 (2019)
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Received:
April 29 2019
Accepted:
June 04 2019
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Henrik Pedersen, Björn Alling, Hans Högberg, Annop Ektarawong; Thermodynamic stability of hexagonal and rhombohedral boron nitride under chemical vapor deposition conditions from van der Waals corrected first principles calculations. J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 1 July 2019; 37 (4): 040603. https://doi.org/10.1116/1.5107455
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